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The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes. — John Shaqi

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The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.

Name: The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.
Author: Commynes, Philippe de

Commynes, Philippe de

France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589

CH. VII.—How the Duke of Lorraine with a powerful Army of
    Germans took the Field, and encamped at St. Nicholas, whilst
    the Duke of Burgundy lay before Nancy; and how the King of
    Portugal, who was in France at that Time, paid a visit to the
    Duke in his Camp before that Town                                  330

  CH. VIII.—How the Duke of Burgundy, by rejecting the Counsel
    of several of his Officers, was defeated and slain in a Battle
    between him and the Duke of Lorraine not far from Nancy            334

  CH. IX.—A Digression concerning the Virtues of the Duke of
    Burgundy and the Time of his House’s Prosperity                    339

  CH. X.—How the King of France received Intelligence of the Duke
    of Burgundy’s last Defeat, and managed his Affairs after the
    Duke’s Death                                                       342

  CH. XI.—How the King of France seized upon Abbeville after the
    Death of the Duke of Burgundy, and the Answer he received from
    the Inhabitants of Arras                                           345

  CH. XII.—A Digression (not altogether foreign to my principal
    Design) concerning the King’s Joy at being delivered from most
    of his Enemies, and of the Error his Majesty committed in the
    Reduction of the Duke of Burgundy’s Countries                      348

  CH. XIII.—Of the Delivery of Han, Bohain, St. Quentin, and
    Peronne to the King, and how he sent his Barber, Monsieur
    Oliver, to treat with the Citizens of Ghent                        350

  CH. XIV.—How Master Oliver, the King’s Barber, not succeeding
    in his Designs upon Ghent, finds out a Way to secure Tournay
    for the King                                                       355

  CH. XV.—Of the Ambassadors whom the Lady of Burgundy, Duke
    Charles’s Daughter, sent to the King, and of the Delivering up
    of Arras, Hesdin, Boulogne, and the City of Arras, to the King
    by the Assistance of the Lord des Cordes                           359

  CH. XVI.—How the Citizens of Ghent, having usurped Authority
    over their Princess upon the Death of the Duke of Burgundy her
    Father, sent Ambassadors to the King of France in the Name of
    the Three Estates of their Country                                 364

  CH. XVII.—How the People of Ghent, upon the Return of their
    Ambassadors, put the Chancellor Hugonet and the Lord of
    Humbercourt to Death, against their Princess’s Consent; after
    which they, in conjunction with some other Flemish Troops,
    were defeated before Tournay, and the Duke of Guelders, who
    commanded them, was slain; and the Duchy of Burgundy was placed
    in the Hands of the King of France                                 371

The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.

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